Gore Hundred
Gore was a hundred of the historic county of Middlesex, England.
Scope and importance
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It covered an area in the north of the county, in present London Boroughs roughly that of Harrow, one third of Barnet (including Hendon and Edgware) and about a sixth of Brent. Per the relatively frequent central medieval records of all major estates including the Domesday Book, Feet of Fines (premiums on estates being transferred) and Subsidy rolls its parishes were:[1]
| Parish | Part of Hundred covered[1] |
|---|---|
| Edgware | Small parish along northern border |
| Harrow | Western two-fifths of the Hundred roughly |
| Hendon | Eastern third of the Hundred approximately |
| Kingsbury | Small parish on the near, southern border of the Hundred |
| Great Stanmore | Strip parish in the north, adjoining Harrow and others |
| Little Stanmore | Strip parish in the north, adjoining Edgware and others |
| Pinner | A chapelry of Harrow until 1766. The north-west quarter of Harrow. |
By the end of the 15th century (due to subinfeudation) some 22 manors were in the Hundred. From an early date the jurisdiction exercised by the hundred was miniscule. Only Great Stanmore of the manors did not at some times before 1300 enjoy or claim exemption from the Hundred Court. Free and frank rights instead include two known sets of franchies: those of Westminster Abbey and the Archbishop of Canterbury, and view of frankpledge and other liberties to the noble owner of Edgware and to St Bart's (the Great) Priory, Smithfield, London who acquired Little Stanmore.[1]
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- ^ a b c Diane K Bolton, H P F King, Gillian Wyld and D C Yaxley, 'The hundred of Gore', in collaborative historians work of the Victoria County History series A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 4 ed. T F T Baker, J S Cockburn and R B Pugh (London, 1971), pp. 149-150. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol4/pp149-150 [accessed 16 May 2018].